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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:48:00 -0500
From:      "Sorin Chiorean" <list_freebsd@compar.com>
To:        "'stan'" <stanb@panix.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Wireless (802.11) question
Message-ID:  <002d01c39ccb$9c7bf790$0d6fa8c0@sorin>
In-Reply-To: <20031027203150.GB843@teddy.fas.com>

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Hi,

The prices on all wireless routers / access points are dropping I think
that the easiest way is to buy one and to install it. They have WEB
interfaces and is very ease to configure it.

But if you don't want to buy a new device you can check this links :
http://www.samag.com/documents/s=7121/sam0205a/sam0205a.htm 
http://ktown.kde.org/~howells/wlan/   

And the answer is : Yes! You can use a FreeBSD acting as an  access
point. 

Sorin Chiorean
Network Specialist
Computer Partners
 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of stan
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 3:32 PM
To: Free BSD Questions list
Subject: Wireless (802.11) question

I'm about to embark on a wireless experiemnt, having never dealt with
this
technology before.

So, I've got a failry basic question. My plan was to put a wireless card
in
a machine running FreeBSD, and use this machine as a gateway from an
existing network to a new subnet that would only exist in the wireless
world.

Some people are telling me that I can't do that. They are saying I need
an
"access point" device for all the various devices to communicate to.

Am I on the wrong track here?

-- 
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
						-- Benjamin Franklin
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